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s'rAuPINe APPARATUS Fon REGIsTnATIoNoP ANY DESIRED VALUES oF BUSINESS 0R WORK OPERATIONS Fild June 1B, 1928 4 ShSBtS-sheet l va0 l' Aug. 25, 1931. P. M-ANsEL 1,820,751

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Patented Aug; 25, v1.931

UNITED STATES PATENT oFi-"iclv PAUL MANSEL, 0F BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNO TO SIEMENS & HALSKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF SIEMENSSTADT, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY', A

STAMPING APPARATUS Foa 'REGISTRATION or ANY DESIRED v ALUEs oF BUSINESS 0R wom: OPERATIONS A Application ledl June 18, 1928, Serial No. 286,127, Aand. in Germany J'une 22, 1927.-

My invention relates to stamping apparatus for recording-or registering any desired values of business vor work operations on cards' or paper strips particularly by means of per-f forations produced bypunches and control levers associated with such punches.

In the known apparatus of this kind the,

punches are arranged in groups, each of these groups being associated with one of the decimal-numbersv (digits). The control devices used with these apparatus for the stamping operation are always very complicated and are fit only for specialA purposes. Furthermore, the -perforations made on cards by the known apparatus cannot be inte'rpretedgor calculated without considerable difficult l According to the present invention t ese' values, a special punch controlled by a control lever through an intermediate mechanism piece is utilized for the marking of one of the opposite values.

ln the accompanying ydrawings an embodiinent of the new stainpiiioL or punching apparatus is shown. In said c rawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved punching or perforating apparatus, the front easing being partly broken away to show the internal structure,

2, a sectional side elevation of the apparatus,

Fig. 3, an elevation ofthe other side of the.

apparatus, 1 v

v Fig. 4, asectional front elevation with a register card projecting partially from the drawings.

cumference of the cam 8.

Rcferrin to the drawings, 1 is the main driving sha t at one end of which is mounted a handle 2 and intermediate the bearing standards 29 a number of vcams or tappets 3. The cams 3 control the rotatable doublearmed levers 5 serving-as hammers for the perforating punches or dies 4 and pulled by a spring 6 with the bowl7` against the cir- I cumference of the cams 3. The cams or tappets 3 are preferably angularly displaced upon the driving shaft 1, to render them operative in succession in order to facilitate the turning of the handle 2., For arresting the shaft 1 in the inoperative position there is mounted upon the other end of it a disc 8 simultaneously designedv as a cam and pro-` vided on its face with recesses 9 into which fits a ball 12 pressed towards the disc b a spring 11 guided in the bore 10 of a stud xed upon the frame. When the cams 3 are rotated the levers 5 are caused to erform striking motionsl which are transmitted to the punches 4: by the aid of intermediate members 14 pivoted to the control levers 13. The punches 4 are in known manner arranged in a horizontal row in such a manner, that they are forced perpendicularly against the card- 17 intro-i ducedinto the guiding slot -16 and against the Astrips of paper 18 and produce perforations in both ofthem, when the punches are depressed by tlie hammer levers l'against the resistance of springs 15. The intermediate members 14 designed in the manner of intermediate hammers are pivoted on the levers 13 in such a manner, ti A against corresponding stops of the levers 13 by-springs 19.

The levers nected with the clockwork and a nose 22 to becontrolled by a, gear operated by hand.

at they are pulledv 13. are all rotatably mounted upon a shaft 2O and are each provided with a' nose 21'for automatic control by a gear con- A downwardly directed arm of each lever 1.3- j is connected by means of a spring 23 with a* bow 24 rigidly connected with the shaft 20.

lever 25,which is controlled by the cam 8 on '95 'libere is also Inountedv upon the Shilfli the main driving shaft 1. A spring 27 pulls the lever 25 with a bowl 26 against the cirxoo. I

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The control gear driven by the clock or counting mechanism consists substantially of a series of control discs 28 (Figs. 1 and 2) adapted to revolve upon a common shaft 30 axially slidable in the supporting frame 29 and connected with one another by ltens transfer means. Of the control disc sets composed of four or 'more control discs 28 the set of th'e lowest order is keyed to the shaft 30, which through a. train of wheels 31 with shaft is driven from a clockwork mechanism not illustrated, for instance from an electric auxiliary clockwork mechanism. A spring 32 forces the shaft 30 with a collar 33 against a side plate of the supporting frame 29. As long as the shaft 31 with its collar 33 abuts against the side plate of the frame 29, the control discs 23 are within the reach of, or regiser with, the control levers 13 appertaining to them.

By means of a lever 35 (Figs. 1 and 3)- for part of its length designedvas an inclined plane and adapted to rock upon a shaft 36 and pulled against a lever 39 rigidly connected with the shaft 36 by means of a spring 37, the lever 35 being provided with a stop pin 38, the shaft 39 is adapted to be moved, with its collar 33, away from the side plate of the frame 29 and thus to be displaced axially, so that the control discs 28 pass out of the reach of, or out of registry with, the respective levers 13.

Upon a shaft 42 there are rotatably mounted in sets of four, tor instance, rigidly united control discs 43 with driving gear wheels 44. The driving wheels 44 are in engagement with toothed quadrants 45, which together lwith the hand levers 46 attached to them are rotatably mounted upon the shaft 36. Upon the shaft 36 there is furthermore rigidly mounted a bow-shaped stop lever 47 for the levers 46 in such a manner, that when any of the levers 46 is moved from its Zero position an axial d'isplacemcnA of the shaft 30 is effected across the shaft 36 and the levers` 35 and 39. For returning the stop lever 47 when the lever 46 is returned into the zero position there is provided a spring 48, which is fixed with its other end to the uprights 29 of the framework.

The hand levers 46 are guided in slots 49 in the casing 34. Adjacent to these slots 49 there are preferably provided on the casing 34 marks and indications for the positions of the levers 46 corresponding with the individual numerical values.

In the embodiment illustrated there are furthermore provided lateral notches 50 (Fig. 1) engaged by small projections or noses 59 on the levers 46 for the purpose of arresting `the levers 46 in the various positions.

As shown in figures 2 and 5, the tens transfer mechanisms consist in known manner of a plurallty of gear wheel trams mountedfon the shafts 41, which cooperate with single notched discs 61 and gear wheels 62 on the shaft 3() or the shaft 42 respectively. These toothed transfer means to 62 are arranged at the places `where the passage takesplace from one set of control discs to the adjacent sst of control discs.

` For using my improved perforating or punching apparatusl for recording opposite values, for instance plus and minus values, there is according to Figs. 1 and 2 provided a special perforation mechanism with a fecler lever device. This perforating mechanism is adapted to co-operate with the card column locatcd immediately to the right ot the tive columns headed Symbol7 in Fig. 4, and consists substantially of apunch 51 arranged in one row with the other punches 4, for which in correspondence with the described mechanism of the apparatus there is provided a hammer-like lever 13 with intermediate member 14, noses 21 and -22, control discs 23 and 43, as well as a hand operating lever 46. The feeler lever device, which' serves as a locking device for the intermediate member 14 o1'. the punch 51 is formed by a lever 52 pivotally mounted upon the machine framing 29 with a feelcr pin 53 fulcrumed upon it and a locking nose 54.

Upon the respective control lever 13 or on its intermediate membir 14 is tixed a pin 55, which in a certain position of the lever 52 abuts against the nose 54 and prevents the motion of the intermediate member 14 into the position between the punch 51 and 'the hammer 5 belonging thereto. Into this` posi-` tion the lever 52 is moved during the punching process by a spring ,66 secured to the frame 29 as soon as feeler pin 53 forced by the said spring against the card 17 or the strip 13 faces a perforation produced by the punch 51 during a previous perfor-ating process, into which it drops. 1f there is no perforation in the card 17 or the strip 1S opposite the feeler p'in, the lever 52 takes up the position during the punching process, in which the -lever 13 with the pin 55 moves past the nose 54. In this casethe marking punch 51 produces a perforation in the card 17 and in the strip 18.

lf for instance the staining or punching` apparatus is to be used for registering workmens time, the time lof arrival would be considered as a value to be subtracted, or in other words, as a minus value, while the time of leaving would be considered a plus vaille. on the assumption that the working time or rather the time interval between arrival and leaving is to be determined from these two time indications by algebraical addition. For instance, if-the workman arrives at 7 oclock, and leaves at 15 oclock (3 p. m.) the number 7 will be perforated as a minus value, in the manner described below, by the stamping or punching apparatus at the time that At the next punching operation made in connection with the arrival of the workman,

there will be an additional perforation madein the first right hand column, since in View of the fact that at the previous operation no perforation was made in the said right hand column, the feeler lever 53 can not drop into a perforation, the operation therefore beingI similar tol the one described in connection with the marking of the card at the time of the first arrival of the workman.

tus as shown in Fig. 4, the feeler lever 53V which is sensing the preceding line of the card (that is to say, the line immediatelybelow) does not find any corresponding perforation in the first column to 'the' right. Therefore, the lever 52 Awill remain in the position illustrated by Fig. 2, in'which it does` not prevent the Icorrt'esponding lever 13 from swinging contraclockwise during the perforatiiig operation. The intermediate member 14 will therefore come between the hammer 5 and the perforating -punch 51 so that during the perfor'ating operation proper the punch 51 will produce a perforation in the first column to tlie right.

When the workman leaves the factory, he will again introduce the same card into the same punching apparatus. Since owing o the function .of the severing device described below, the card can lnow be shoved farther into the punching apparatus by the depth of one line, as compared with the punch marks made when the workman entered the factory,

the feeler lever 53 will comeinto registry with the perforationmade as described above inthe first column from the right. The lever 52 will therefore be able to swing contra-- clockwise under the .influence of the .spring 66, so that the nose 54 of said lever will :come

Y into registry with the pin 55. The lever 13 to which this pin is secured will 'therefore no longer be free to move contraclockwise, as during the punching operation above -referred to, and thereforeV` the intermediate member will net be able to reach a position between thev hammer 5 and the punch 51. The perforating operation roper will therefore produce in one of the eft hand columns of the card 17 (Fig. 4) a punch mark cor- This additional perforation in the first column at the right can also be prevented during predetermined time intervals or with a 4proper adjustment of the hand levers 46, by

means of the control discs 28 or 43, the operation of which is 'described below.

'Ihe Iintermittent forward motion ofthe card 17 introduced into the guide slot 16`of the perforating apparatus is-in known manner caused by an edge Severin device 56 serving as stop (Figsfl and 4), w ich during each punching operation cuts ofi' an edge strip corresponding in length with the width vof the line, so that the card 17 or the strip of paper 18 slides deeper into the apparatus by the height of a line after each recordngl'or punching process. For checking purposes responding tothe time of leaving (15 oclock,`

that is to say 3 p. m.), but no perforation will be made at this time in the first column tothe right, and the'punch mark corresponding as a plus value.

In a suitablec'ountiiiiiil'htir` computing machine, thereis formed the algebraic suln of the plus value and-the minus value 7, or in other words,.the difference between 15 and 7, yielding the result. 8, which is the number of hours between the time of arrival and time of leaving.

to 15 oclock will therefore be interpreted there is besides the card 17 introduced into the guide slot of the perforating apparatus mounted onthe frame 29 acts on aratcliet wheel 65 rigidly connected with the winding up roller 58 and moves the roller 58 forward by onestep, when the sprin r27 moves the lever 35 towards the right. This mechanism has for the sake of clearness been omitted in.

Fig. 1 and is only illustrated lin Fig.,4.

My improved perforating apparatus' operates in the following manner:

Assuming that the apparatus is destined fcr'recording values adjusted by a clockworky or a counting mechanism through the control discs 28 and the controllevers 13, all the control discs `4:3 assume the position in which the noses 22vof the levers-13 face recesses or notches of the discs 43,` so -that the levers 1-3 remain unaffected by. the dises 43.' The shaft 30 is in this case driven by the clockwork and controls the punches 4 by means of the control discs 28 mounted upon it in sets and continuously connected in sets through the tens ratchet mechanisms 6.0,.61, 62 by the aid of the control levers-13 with `the ii-iterniediate members 14. According to the values to be recorded individual punches 4 composed into combinations for each figure are then rentrol dises 28 so that the respective levers 13` with e heir intermediate members can freely he brought between punches and hammers during the perforating process by means of an elastic drive from the driving shaft 1. Since the values to be recorded as set by the clockwork represent as a rule opposite values, incase of working time control, for instance, the time, when the Workmen start `and stop, oneof the values is additionally marked by the special punching mechanism with iecler lever or selector device. Since the opposite values alternate as a rule in sequence, th a.v is, the minueuds and subtrahends i follow each other in alternation, the feelcr. lever device releases the lever 13 with intermediate member 14 destined for the marking or indicating punch, it there is no perforation in the card 17 or the strip of paper 18 opposite to the feeler pin 53 into which. it is able to drop. The markiugor indicating punch 51 then produces/an additional marking perforation for the respective perforation value in the card 17 or the paper stri-p 18. When the card 17 and the paper strip 18 move forward by one line the feeler or selector pin 53 drop during the next perforation process into the additional marking perforation, so that the levi r 52 with its locking nose 54 prevents the downward motioiiol the control lever 13 and thus an additional pcrforatiiig of the 'ard 17.

If values adapted to be set by hand are to be recorded by perforations, the control disc shaft 80 driven by the clockwork is firstaxially displaced by a corresponding adjustment of the respective hand control levers 46 through the lever 47, the shaft 36, the levers 39, 35 to such an extent, that all the control discs 28 of this shaft 30 pass out of reach of `the noses 21 of the respective control levers 13. Simultaneously the control discs 43 corresponding with the values to be recorded are by the hand control levers 46 brought into the position in which the noses 22 of the con- "'1 trol levers 13 face recesses on the circumference of the control discs 43. During the punching process the levers 13 with their intermediate members 14, which are not restricted in their motion by the .adjusted con- 'i trol discs 28 or 42 can thus be brought between the punches or perforating dies 4 and the hammer 5 belonging'to them. The various movements of the punches 4 and the transmitting members during the punching process are caused by turning vthe handle 2.

springs.

The cam or tappet f8"n'iounted upon the shaft 1 imparts through the lever 25, the sha-ft 20 and the bow lever 24a rocking or swinging Inotion to thecontrol levers 13 resiliently connected with the'bow 24 by the springs `23, so thatthese levers, as far asy they are not prevented from doing this by the control discs 28 or 43, move together with their intermediate member 14 between the punches 4 and the hammer 5. Simultaneously the cams 3 mounted on the shaft 1 move thevliam'nier levers 5 contacting with them throughthe antiiriction bowls 7 in suchV a manner, that these levers act with their upper ends through the intermediate members 14 on the punches 4 and force them through the card 17 or the paper strip 18. After the punch 4 has penetrated through the card 17 or the stiip ot' paper 18 the hammer levers 5 well as the punches or dies 4 return into their inoperative position under the action of Both portions of the apparatus then receive separate mechanism 351,37, 38, 39 Jfor disconnecting the control discs .28 driven by the clockwork, when the hand operating levers 4G are operated. l, Y

My improved apparatus is particularly suitable for recording the working hours, in conjunction with the administration ot stocks, order and dispatch oilices, card indexes and so on.

Various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the sp'rit and the scope of the invention, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall bc placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. Stamping apparatus for registering any A desired values of business or Work operations on cards or paper strips, comprising a casing, a plurality of perforating punches in said casing, control leversassociated with the punches, two setting discs foreach of said control levers, means for connecting one of said discs to a clockwork or other automatic counting deviceto be controlled thereby, and manually operable means connected to the other of said discs. V

2. Stamping apparatus according to claim 1, including a. separate punch and control lever therefor for indicating the plus or minus character of a registered value.

3. Stamping apparatus according to claini 1, including a separate punch and control lever ihei'eor. Jforl indicating the plus or minus character of a registered value, and a card feeling device'for controlling-said separate'puneh. y,

4. Stamping apparatus according to claim 1,' including a separate punch .and control lever therefor for indicating the plus or minus character of aregistered value, and a card'feelingdevice for controlling said sepai i iojrsi rate punch, said device comprising a pivoted lever, a feeler pin mounted thereon, a spring' for resiliently urging the pin against the card or strip to be perforated, said lever adapted, when the pin enters a characterizing perforation in such card or strip, to render the control lever for the separate punch inoperative so that said punch is not engaged by its operating hammer. y

5. Stamping apparatus according to claim l wherein the discs driven by a clockwork or other automatic counting mechanism' are mounted on a single shaft, said shaft being mounted in anaxially displaceable manner in said casing, and a spring arranged'to retain said shaft in the position in which the discs mounted thereon are in registry with the corresponding control levers. y

G. Stamping apparatus according to claim l wherein the discs driven by a clockwork or other automatic counting mechanismA are mounted on a single shai't, said shaft ybeing mounted in an axially displaceable manner in said casing, a spring arranged to retain sald shaft 1n the position 1n 'which thel d1scs mounted thereon arc n1 registry with the corresponding control levers, said manually operable means including;- a shaft and a plurality of levers mounted on said shaftv and connected to the manually operated discs to rotate the same, and a lever system associaed with thc automatically operated shaft and oporalili upon move-ment of any ot' said manually operated levers out of its zero position to causoaxial displacement of said last-mentioned shaft, whereby the control discs thereon are moved out of registry with their associated control levers.

7. Stamping apparatus according to claim l wherein the discs driven by a clockwork or other automatic counting mechanism are mounted on a single shaft, said shaft being mounted in an axially displaceable manner in said casing, a spring arranged to retain said shaft in-the position in which the discs mounted thereon are in registry with the corresponding control levers, said manually operable means including a shaft and a plurality of levers mounted on said shaft'and connected to the manually operated discs to rotate the same, and a lever system associated with the automatically operated shaft and operable upon movement of any of said manually operated levers out of its zero position to cause axial displacement of said last-mentioned shaft, whereby the control discs thereon are moved out of registry with their associated control levers, said lever system comprising a yoke lever mounted on said manual operating; shaft, and a cam. lever resiliently connected 'with said latter shaft.

ln testimony whereof l aliix my signature.

LPr-kill.: MANSEL. 

